#3 The market slide started before President Bush took office. Less than a year later America was dealt the most crippling blow in history, to our prestige, our way of life, our security, and literally one of the largest centers of our economic might was pulverized. Yet, we're still here.
Anonymous, that we still have an economy that is vital testifies to the fact that, while nobody will probably ever put President Bush on the "Mensa's all time top ten" list, he's smart enough where it really counts - leadership and heart.
There's no smoke up my ass, and I'm not trying to blow any up yours. He's got plenty of faults and shortcomings. But I believe he loves this country, and would rather have a legacy of standing up to the most vile menace in history, even if it means screwing up several times, than whoring off our country to the highest bidders just to keep the money in everyone's pockets. Bill Clinton's eight years padded a lot of wallets, but at the terrible cost of "un-padding" our defence against the Islamist extremists. They attacked the world trade center in 1993, on his watch. With the proper response, noone ever should have gotten the chance to get near the WTC again. But Clinton wanted to inspire international confidence in the U.S. by showing the world that we can play by their rules and handed our balls over to them in a glass jar.
Bush is no moron, he's a man, and a a good one at that. And he doesn't need to spray his seed all over the political arena, both figuratively and literally, to prove it.
By the way, he was a fighter jet pilot. That generally requires an above average degree of intelligence |